CREATE has a new PhD Programme and a slight name change - Africa-Asia Health Research Training Programme. We are funded by Wellcome for another 5 years of recruitment, with a total of 25 UK fellows to be recruited over that time. Recruitment is now open for the first year of this new Programme. We have some new partners this time around, and our focus has expanded to Ghana, South Africa, and Pakistan, as well as our original trio of Zimbabwe, The Gambia, and Uganda. Our UK p

Francis Simmonds will be presenting at his upgrading seminar on Tuesday the 29th of September, 13:00 BST on 'Neonatal and early infant sequalae of maternal bacterial sexually transmitted infections in Zimbabwe: Evidence from two prospective infant cohorts' Zoom details below: Meeting ID: 878 9542 3426 Password: 966286 Abstract Maternal bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ng), and Treponema pallidum (

Jonathan Kitonsa, and Claire Norcross presented research from their PhDs at the International AIDS conference 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, earlier this year. Second photo - Jonathan's poster - 'A 48-week comparative analysis of metabolic outcomes in persons living with HIV on long-acting cabotegravir/rilpivirine versus oral antiretroviral therapy in the IMPALA trial'. Third photo - Claire's poster - 'HIV-1 integrase strand transfer inhibitor resistance-associated mutations

Rashida Ferrand and Christina Albertsen met the CREATE PhD Programme's final four UK fellows today, at the LSHTM Keppel Street offices, so we could learn more about them and their upcoming PhD research. James (far left) will be researching TB at BRTI in Zimbabwe, Rhys (next to James) will be researching viral infections in infancy at Zvitambo in Zimbabwe, Hannah (far right) will be researching infection control in healthcare settings at Zambart in Zambia, and Cassie will be r

Sophie Kelly will be presenting at her upgrading seminar on Monday the 22nd of June, 10:00 BST on 'Understanding acquired epidermodysplasia verruciformis in young people with HIV in Zimbabwe (MUKUNDI)'. Zoom details below : Meeting ID: 885 2242 1298 Password: 346770 Background Acquired epidermodysplasia verruciformis (aEV) is a skin condition caused by susceptibility to beta-human papillomaviruses(beta-HPV). Young people living with HIV (YPHIV) and those with perinatally-acq

Publications by our fellows can now be accessed on this website. That page will be updated when fellows are published, and with any new and old links to open resource articles. Racheal Alinaitwe, Marcello Scopazzini, and Josie Prynn are three fellows who currently have published articles.

Racheal Alinaitwe, and Josie Prynn presented posters at the Alzheimer's Disease International conference in April this year. Racheal's poster can be found here

Congratulations to Sarah who passed her viva with minor corrections earlier this year in April. Her research in Uganda aimed to develop a risk stratification model for early-onset neonatal sepsis in low-resource settings. researching neonatal infections including neonatal outcomes after maternal exposure to SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy and the changing landscape of neonatal infections in neonatal intensive care in London. My project aims to develop a risk stratification model

Two new episodes of DemTalk are now available for you to listen to here

May's Digital Global Health Academy (DGHA) was on Data Visualisation, led by data visualisation specialist Sam Wilson - founder of Nerate Fellows who attended were informed on the best way to present data - thinking about layout, arrangement, and style to better inform an audience of the key messages to be taken away. Practical tips and lessons that can be applied to any kind of data, using a repeatable process. DGHA sessions run once a month, with a summer break, and are on

Rumbi Gumbie, and Claire Norcross attended INTEREST 2026 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania this month. Rumbi presented a poster on her TSIME project - 'Adapting experience-based co-design to integrate reproductive health and HIV in Zimbabwe: A participatory implementation study'. Claire presented an oral presentation; information on which is currently embargoed until later this year.

Access the weekly show recordings here for DemTalk - Demystifying Dementia - with CREATE fellow Maureen Tshuma, and University of Bristol's Professor Celia Gregson, with show host Donna Murimwa.

Let's talk about dementia! A weekly radio show for May 2026, dedicated to raising awareness and educaing communitites about dementia. Join Maureen Tshuma (CREATE fellow) and Celia Gregson (University of Bristol) on Thursday's in May on StarFM in Zimbabwe, from 04:30 to 05:00 CAT.

Miriam's upgrading seminar on 'Cardiometabolic and behavioural risk factors for raised blood pressure and raised blood sugar among young people with and without HIV in Uganda' is taking place on Thursday the 9th of April 2026. Zoom details Meeting ID: 843 2943 3547 Password: 829499 More details below about Miriam's PhD project : Introduction Africa has a dual burden of HIV and a rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases (CVD), and

Congratulations to Marcello who passed his viva on Monday 23rd March 2026, with minor corrections. He is the first CREATE fellow to complete his fellowship and pass his viva. Further details about Marcello's research : Over one in four deaths from TB occur in Sub-Saharan Africa, where Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains prevalent and cardiac disease burden is rapidly increasing. The relationship between cardiac disease and pulmonary TB (PTB) remains poorly understood,

This is a website maintained by members of the CREATE programme, which spotlights new infection and global health research, and aims to provide a rolling feed of recent infection publications and links to useful resources.

Grant Murewanhema will be presenting at his upgrading seminar on Tuesday the 17th of March, at 15:00 GMT, on ' Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Point-of-Care Obstetric Ultrasonography for Fetal Growth Monitoring and Diagnosis of Fetal Growth Restriction in Zimbabwe' Zoom details : Zoom link Meeting ID: 891 8929 8146 Password: 044311 Adverse birth outcomes, including small vulnerable newborns, stillbirths and neonatal deaths remain significant reproductive health chal

We’re excited to share that a photograph Kate's project has been recognized in The Lancet Group Highlights 2025 Photo Competition. As part of Kate’s project within KOSHESAI, older adults participated in a Photovoice project, using photography to share their experiences of healthy and unhealthy ageing. One participant, Rasha Chiota, created a striking image titled “Silenced”, showing his mouth taped shut. He reflected: “As if ageing is a crime… Decisions st

JayJay has successfully passed his PhD upgrading, marking an important milestone in his ethnographic doctoral research on adolescent wellbeing in rural Zimbabwe. Alongside this academic achievement, Jayjay has been actively engaging with national and international policymakers to strengthen the policy relevance of his work. He recently met with Regina Guthold, Technical Officer in the Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing Department at the World Health Or

Jayne Ellis was awarded The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Early Career Researcher Award for 2025 on 'TB and cytomegalovirus co-pathogenicity amongst adults with cryptococcal meningitis: A prospective cohort study.' Click here for The Union website and more information about the award.